Herzinfarkt
[ˈhɛʁt͡sʔɪnˌfaʁkt]
The verdict
“Herzinfarkt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,488 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,488
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zerstörung von weniger oder mehr ausgedehnten Gebieten des Herzmuskels durch Unterbrechen der Blutversorgung im sogenannten Kranzadergebiet, Verschließen der Blutgefäße (Embolie), Blutpropfbildung,...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzinfarkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sʔɪnˌfaʁkt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Herzinfarkt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Herzinfarkt is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɛʁt͡sʔɪnˌfaʁkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,488 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zerstörung von weniger oder mehr ausgedehnten Gebieten des Herzmuskels durch Unterbrechen der Blutversorgung im sogenannten Kranzadergebiet, Verschließen der Blutgefäße (Embolie), Blutpropfbildung,...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herzinfarkt, with forms such as "ehrzinfarkt", "heriznfarkt", and "herrzinfarkt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Herzinfarkt, spelled H-E-R-Z-I-N-F-A-R-K-T.
Definition
- 1Zerstörung von weniger oder mehr ausgedehnten Gebieten des Herzmuskels durch Unterbrechen der Blutversorgung im sogenannten Kranzadergebiet, Verschließen der Blutgefäße (Embolie), Blutpropfbildung, Verkalkungsprozesse oder langandauernde Verkrampfung eines Gefäßgebietes
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehrzinfarkt,heriznfarkt,herrzinfarkt,herzifnarkt,herzinafrkt,herzinfakrt,herzinfarkkt,herzinfarktt,herzinfarrkt,herzinfartk,herzinffarkt,herzinfrakt,herzinnfarkt,herznifarkt,herzzinfarkt,hezrinfarkt,hherzinfarkt,hrezinfarkt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herzinfarkt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Herzinfarkt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-Z-I-N-F-A-R-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɛʁt͡sʔɪnˌfaʁkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.